The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1887-09-28
GREENwooD's BUSY CENTRE.
Moral Lecture..A Worthy Sons Wei
come Return-.Dancers, Preachers,
and Printer.-Mules, Negroes, and
RankS.

Banks.
GREENWOOD, s. c., Sept &C. 1887.
Mr.. G. II. Parks, one OF Abbevllle's most
popular young men. was in town last week.
Messrs. jerome Bell and Ed. Reynolds have
been visiting friends In Laurens county.
Mr.. Jno. Watson spent one night last week
in Greenwood.
Mr. Frank Gary. of Abbeville, was in town
q short time last week.
The small attendance Of the weekly prayer
meetings in all Of our churches Is very notice
able A town like Greenwood, which leads
In all other enterprises, should not allow It's
moral and religious interests 10 languish, for
upon these are based all the elements that go
70 make up prosperous, ,,6 and progressive pesssr
meets and aid, ut least by our presence, the
great and good work in which they are such
potent factors
ed a position In Augusta. has much to Green,
woods qualification, decided to return and
cast his lot with us for another year. He has
accepted u responsible and lucrative position
with Mr.. s. l.. Stansell, new merchant who
Is opening here, hence his return.
Messrs. Jervey d Co., formerly OF Charles
ton have opened store here. They are IN
the building formerly occupied by II. b Rey-
nolds.
Quite n pleasant dance was had by the
young people, at the hotel on last Wednesday
evening The attendance was good and ull
| seem to have enjoyed themselves greatly.
| 1t is rumored that there will be at least
| three weddings In town this fall and If one
| may Judge from appearances your correspon-
dent is inclined to think the report true.
Hon. w. G. Benet WAS in town one day last
week.
The schools are receiving daily accession 8
and are moving smoothly Forward
Rev. IT. H. Lctch began his meeting here on
Sunday. He preached two sermons,-one In
the morning the other in the evening. He
was inclined to be rather hard on the military
liers'' forgetting that in cases OF necessity
| the so.called "tin soldiers" are much moro
easily transformed into the real article than
| those who have never been instructed In mill
| itary tuctles II q case should arise, and cases
have arrisen in the past. when soldiers were
necessary for the defence OF the country or
the preservation OF the public peace, we think
| 1t would he better TO have we'll drilled com.
der" than at mass ssofctlzcnswithont Of training,
and without training II command is but an
armed mob. He also said that the press at
Aboeville was very Yer ,fn maGn Opposed 70 rnmr i
correspondents humble opinion, If his men,
ory serves him right, the press and especially
the Press and Banner took decidedly neutual
ground. There was large crowd in atten-
dance Mt both services, the people coming In
| from long distances In the country to hear
the famous evangelist. Both Isermons were
well delivered and the singing by Mr.. Mar
shall was excellent. There will be services
conducted by Mr. Leitch in the Methodist
church at II a. m., and p. m, until further
notice.
worsbipped at the Methodist church on last
Sabbath.
Miss Nattie Aiken and Mrs. w. G. Neville
were in town visiting their sister Mrs. Smart
u Messrs less s." II. r. Turner and J. T. Bozeman, OF
Nincty-Six were in town on Saturday.
occasionally" from Echo Hill passed
through Greenwood on his way to Troy last
| week.
We are glad to notice that our yonng friend
Mr.. Eugene Bailey Is able TO be out on the
street once more.
| On last Sunday we saw six negroes in q
one-hors wagon drawn by one poor lame
mule. We don't'know much law but think II
would come under the statute prohibiting
cruelty to animals and, such cases should be
| reported. They are too common.
We learn that the question Of establishing a
bank NJ this place Is still being agitated. Se".
cra prominent capitalists have interested
themselves in the enterprise and one OF them
has promised to furnish large portion o. the
funds necessary If The citizens Of the town
will do the rest. A bank at this place is a
much needed institution. There is capital
enough in Greenwood and the surrounding
country to start one on Il firm basis and we
earnestly hope that the business men OF the
place will not abate their zeal until Green.
wood has a bank. L'INCONNUE.